Senate Antithird Term Effort Draws Routine Resistance
Middle of the road senators move to avoid a third term clash with President Roosevelt. Senator Holt plans to push a resolution against a third term, while Wheeler leads a group fearing party bitterness and hurt to 1940 prospects. Administration allies say Roosevelt need not fear a showdown.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Holt
West Virginia
Senate
Wheeler
Montana
Garner
Capitol
Sensior Minton
Indiana
Mine Ten
Pepper
Florida
Romeevelt
TVA SQUABBLE BACK IN HOUSE
A March 1 report notes a House debate over TVA funding with stakes on Gilbertsville dam Watts Bar dam and Coultershoal dam site on the Tennessee river. The House trimmed the request from the independent offices bill while the Senate kept it, reflecting party strategy and factional support.
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Washington
TVA
House
Congress
Gilbertsville
Watts Bar
Coultershoalh
Tennessee River
Senate
Duties Given Up by Bishop Morris in Louisiana Diocese
The Rt. Rev. Jams Craik Morris resigns as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana effective immediately due to ill health. He will live earlier in Pass Christen, Mississippi. The diocesan council will meet April 12 in Alexandria to name his successor.
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New Orleans
Jams Craik Morris
D. D
Louisiana
Christen
Miss
Panama Canal Zone
Delas
Tex
Brooklyn
N. Y
Menpfhis, Ten
Southeast gains equal freight rates under new ICC ruling
Harry J Fernandez of Monroe predicts the interstate commerce commission decision will base rail freight rates on a regional principle. Southeast and southwest zones may reach eastern markets on parity, enabling plant relocation to the southeast where conditions are favorable, with rates applied only upon commission approval and proven need.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Harry J. Fernandez
Monroe
Fernandez
Nrth
Workman Severely Injured In Attack In Louisiana
Madison parish road worker L E Darnell was brought to a Tululah clinic in critical condition after a head injury from a weed hook wielded by Elias Henry a fellow parish worker The attacker fled and authorities prepared to use bloodhounds to pursue him Doctors fear skull fracture and brain injury as sheriff deputies investigate the assault five miles south of the town Local authorities labeled the case a serious crime and moved to locate Henry
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Tallulah
L. E. Darnell
Madison Parish
Elias Henry
Darnell
A. J. Sevier
Oysters Lead to Pearl Find and Profit Claim
Investment Baltimore reports Paul Safchuck paid dollars for oysters and claimed thousand percent returns. One oyster yielded a pearl valued by a jeweler at over $1,000. Oklahoma City notes J. M. Gentry revoked a youth driver license after concerns of reckless driving. Scranton item mentions Emil Kiefer fearing a package mailed to him.
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Baltimore
Paul Safchuck
Oklahoma City
J. M. Gentry
Local Resident Dies by Self Inflicted Gunshot in Brownville
N. L. Tyler, 3, died from a 32 caliber pistol wound at his Brownville home Wednesday morning. A coroner's jury ruled the wound self-inflicted in a case noting his yearlong health decline. Survived by wife, three children, his father R. H. Tyler, Sr., and other relatives. Dixie Funeral Home holding body.
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N. L. Tyler
Brownville
Tyler
Irving J. Wolff
Arnold Dunn
Charles B. Griggs
P. M. Perkins
Raymond Dunn
T. A. Jones
Dixie Funeral Home
Bettye Jo
Margaret
Robert
R. H. Tyler, Sr
Hermit Dies Leaving $12000 Estate in Wellsburg
In Wellsburg West Virginia Brooke county authorities investigate the 12000 dollar estate of 70 year old Charles William Carlson found dead in his one room shack after a life reliant on charity. Sheriff Robert Traubert says funds were located in Wheeling and Wellsburg banks and the court appointed Richard McCreary as administrator as distribution remains undecided.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
Brooke County
Robert Traubert
Wheeling
Charles William Carlson
Power
Carlson
Brooke County Court
Richard McCreary
War Department gets 499 million in House appropriation
The House Appropriations Committee approved 499,857,936 for the War Department inclining 300 million to expand the Army Air Corps. Funds will buy 784 planes including 400 single engine Pursuit ships and 248 attack bombers, with other craft and training aircraft to follow.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
War Department
Roosevelt
Army Air Corps
Department
Army
National Guard
Air Corps
House
Henry H. Arnold
Budget Bureau
Military Intelligence Service
Alabama Flood Warning Signals Rising Creek Levels
Lowland areas along the Coosa Tombigbee and Warrior rivers face flood risk after heavy February rainfall. A crest of 23 feet is forecast for the Coosa at Gadsden, with low-lying regions expected to flood. Rome Georgia reports 22.7 feet as of today, near a 24-foot crest.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Coosa
Gadsden
Rome
Two Men Admit Crime After Kidnapping Boy in New York
A Brooklyn bookmaker’s friend and an associate confessed to kidnapping four year old Michael Katz to recoup $6,600 in racing bets. The child was taken from a Manhattan tenement, held briefly, and released after $180 was paid. a sister-in-law is charged with withholding information.
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New York
George Katz
Brooklyn
Katz
Michael
Frank C. Ball
Charles Mitchell
Sol Schwartz
Nellie Resnick
Schwartz
Bals
Mitchell
Manhattan
Streets to be blacktopped in Monroe WPA project
Plans to surface about ten miles of city streets in Monroe under a new WPA project, bringing total surfaced streets to about twenty five miles during C. R. Tidwell’s administration. Construction will start when weather permits and progress quickly, with improvements to drainage also noted. Streets include North Seventh DeSiard to Hilton and several others across the city.
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C. R. Tidwell
Tidwell
Washington
Monroe
North Seventh
DeSiard
Hilton
Pine
Railroad
North Tenth
Arkansas
Bres
North Eighth
Stubbs
Hudson Lane
Auburn
Downey Lane
Illness Delays Paderewski Twenty Americas Tour
New York March 1 A cold and slight fever forced the postponement of Ignace Jan Paderewski's twentieth Americas concert tour opening. The 18 year old pianist cancelled Newark engagement and hopes to start in Cleveland Sunday with Newark then in May likely May 4. The tour includes 22 concerts coast to coast ending May 25 in Madison Square Garden.
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New York
Iness
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Americas
Poland
Newark
Paderewski
Cleveland
Madison Square Garee
Noe Denied Permission to Photograph Poll Records
Attorney General Ellison ruled that the Louisiana constitution does not authorize a citizen to photograph poll and registration books. He stated the public records act of 1912 does not apply to registrations, answering requests from Sheriff Knop and Registrar Gregory regarding State Senator James A Noe's bid for governor in 1940.
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Baton Rouge, la
David M. Ellison
Ellison
Louis Knop, Jr
Orleans Parish
R. J. Gregory
Knop
Gregory
James A. Noe
Louisiana
Bar Probe Sheds Light On Louisiana Tax Racketeering Claim
Louisiana officials met in Baton Rouge to probe Hugh M. Wilkinson's accusations that bar members aided a tax racket defrauding public treasuries. Attorney General Ellison called the special session as Wilkinson named unnamed lawyers allegedly taking fees for reduced assessments.
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Baton Rouge
Board of Governors
State Bar of Louisiana
Hugh M. Wilkinson
New Orleans
Wilkinson
Huey P. Long
David M. Ellison
Bar
Ellison
Sigur Martin
Lutcher
E. D. Gianelloni
Napoleonville
E. Leland Richardson
Minden
K. K. Kennedy
Farmerville
Warren Cornish
Ponchatoula
John H. McSween
Alexandria
Boston Street Car Crash Kills Six Injures Forty
Six dead and about forty injured after a trolley wreck in Dorchester near Franklin Park Zoo. A faulty brake part blamed by Boston Elevated officials as cause. operator Edward Hanley detained on technical manslaughter charges. Investigations launched to confirm other contributing factors.
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Boston
Boston Elevated Company
Dorchester
Franklin Park Zoo
Greater
Edward F. Hanley
Mexico probes outlaw radio Nazi spy plot
Mexican press linked a crackdown on an unlicensed radio transmitter with a probe into German espionage. Baron's detention from Berlin circles and deportation stay request follow the capture of eight people, mostly Germans, amid investigations near Mexico City.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Berlin
Baron Hans Heinrich von Holleufer
Count Wolf Heinrich von Helldorf
Legation
Mexican Foreign Relations Office
Baron von Holleufer
Germany
Communications Department
Pablo Garbinsky
Veracruz
Three Held for Coercing Editor in Lottery Probe
Mobile officials say United States District Attorney Fran cis H. Inge will seek indictments of a city political figure and two others accused of pressuring editor Henry P. Ewald to halt the Press Register anti lottery campaign. Sam B. Powe and George and Miriam McKenzie face charges of conspiring to intimidate. Ewald, ex-editor, was beaten after being lured to the McKenzies home, according to Inge. The paper vows to continue its campaign.
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Mobile
Ala
United States
Francis H. Inge
Mobile Press Register
Sam B. Powe
George
Miriam McKenzie
Henry P. Ewald
Inge
Ewald
Press Register
McKenzie
Man Raises Own Pay One Hundred Dollars Weekly
New Orleans detective John Joly said Alfred G Sage a 7 a S$ij per week bookkeeper was arrested on charges of altering his own check to gain an extra 100 weekly The deception ran five months while Sage worked for the McWilliams Dredging company Officials found the discrepancies on a bank statement with cancelled checks Sage was jailed in Hahnville St Charles parish where the company has a field office.
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New Orleans
John Joly
Alfred G. Sage
Sage
McWilliams Dredging Company
Hahnville
St. Charles Parish
Cardinals begin conclave to elect new pope in Vatican
In Vatican City on March 1 the 62 cardinals gathered for the conclave to elect a pope. Cardinal OConnell of Boston and two South American peers joined the group, the first time in years the full college is present. Voting begins tomorrow as rituals proceed and secrecy oath is taken.
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Vatican City
William Cardinal O'Connell
Boston
Arive
Rome
Vatican
Chicago Mayor Kelly Renominated After Record Primary
Chicago March 1 Mayor Edward J. Kelly backed by a strong Democratic machine won renomination in a historic primary. He led State's Attorney Thomas J. Courtney by nearly 300000 votes and captured over 50 percent of votes in both parties. Republican Dwight H. Green, former U S district attorney, won the GOP nomination defeating Big Bill Thompson. Unofficial count shows Kelly 596704 Courtney 311834.
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Chicago
Edward J. Kelly
Thomas J. Courtney
Kelly
Courtney
Dwight H. Green
United States
al Capone
Green
William Hale
Big Bill” Thompson
Kelly-Nash
P. A. Nash
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